director Christopher Nolan grossed over 800-million dollars, and quickly became one of the highest

rated films of all time. If you have seen it yet, well, this is likely going to be a

bit confusion, but here's a quick plot synopsis for you: Leonardo DiCaprio is Dominic Cobb

- a man who is tasked to sneak into someone's dream, and plant an original idea in the furthest

depths of their mind - a practice known in the film as "inception". Cobb recruits a team,

and by using a dream-within-a-dream approach, they attempt to navigate the subconscious

world of their target, and plant an idea that'll benefit Cobb's employer. While the plot is

very well woven, and complicated - it isn't actually hard to understand or follow-along,

just as long as you pay attention. Following his tradition of incredible films like Memento,

Prestige, and The Dark Knight Nolan has once again hit the ball out of the park here - delivering

an expertly crafted world within a world for our minds to be completely drawn-into for

the 148-minute run-time. Inception's most impressive accomplishment is not in the engrossing

story, awe-inspiring visuals, or even the nail-biting action sequences - but rather

the chilling accuracy in which it's able to recreate the experience and emotion we all

have with dreaming. Because of this, nothing in Inception is wildly unbelievable - or even

unfamiliar, even it the movie's amazingly well-filmed zero-gravity scenes. In filmmaking,

it's easy to turn a dreamscape into an impossible utopian fantasy, or filth-ridden hell-hole...

instead, Nolan presents us with a realistic portrayal of everyone's sub-conscious... a

seemingly normal environment, with the occasional quirk or irregularity that go unnoticed to

the dreamer. Cobb and his team then attempt to exploit these irregularities they've created,

to finish the "inception". From a visual stand-point, Inception's lush and massive landscapes are

nothing short of breathtaking... truly transporting the audience to another world, for every dream

level reached. DiCaprio is, as always, fantastic in the lead role - and so is the entire supporting

cast: Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, and perhaps especially

Marion Cotillard, who are all fantastic in their respective roles. Sadly though, with

the exception of Cobb, and his family, none of the characters in this movie receive any

back-story or character development, in fact, many don't even have last-names. It's the

movie's lone flaw which unfortunately emotional disconnects the audience from much of the

action on screen. Luckily, the visuals, plot, and an another outstanding soundtrack by Hans

Zimmer will keep you more-than-invested in this modern classic. A stimulating thriller

with fantastic environments.

Well, that's what I thought about "Inception" - now lets see what you had to say in the

YouTube comments.

Here's the rate-o-matic to tell us how we rated "Inception"... an "Awesome", and an

"Amazing". An incredible movie as I said, but the lack of character development left

me a bit separated from the movie - I gave it a 9. No surprise here though, you overwhelming

loved everything about this movie - praising everything from the effects, to the soundtrack,

but mostly - the complex and thought-provoking story - scoring it a 10.